Iran 's top cop has offered to quit his job if anyone verifies the results of a recent survey that says 80 % of Iranian students drink alcohol and have friendships with the opposite sex , the semi-official Iranian Labour News Agency reported .

`` These findings have no basis and if such things are true , I will resign from my post , '' Ahmadi Moghadam said , according to ILNA .

Drinking alcohol and relations between men and women who are not related are forbidden in Iran and other conservative Muslim countries .

According to ILNA , the survey was conducted by a university professor in Tehran . The report did n't reveal the number of students surveyed or their age range but the study was enough to provoke the police chief 's ire .

`` The report that 80 percent of males and females have relations goes against the moral fabric of our society , '' ILNA quoted the police chief as saying .

Moghadam condemned the media for reporting what he called the bogus results of the study and challenged to debate anyone who believed the findings to be true .

`` Those who want to report these statistics want to rattle the public 's thoughts . ''

The police chief said Iran 's law enforcement agencies do not interfere with family relations and friendships but they 'll step in if laws are broken .

`` If relations are made through deception we will immediately get involved since committing sexual violations calls for the highest punishment . ''

@highlight

A survey says 80 % of young Iranians have friendships with the opposite sex

@highlight

Iran 's police chief says if the survey proves true he will quit

@highlight

Such relations and drinking alcohol are forbidden in Iran